As indicated by my OP, I was pretty ambivalent on this hire. I'm now fully on board and am more than impressed with the staff he's assembling. It's seriously impressive in my opinion (and from what I've gathered through research).

Just spoke with my dad, who still lives in AR, and he too is "cautiously optimistic". He was absolutely furious when he first heard the news. My biggest concern now is Bielemas ability to recruit!

Oh and thanks for the keeping the uninformed, informed!

My god. Arkansas picks up Wisky's S&C coach, Ben Herbert, as well. This guy is a freaking badass. Looks like Ash is going to stay as well since Wisky went elsewhere for their head coach.

I'm almost feeling sorry for the Wisconsin fans... almost.

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You will rue the day you hired Chris Ass.

Chris Ash is actually a great coach.

Ehhhhh....

Really? I'd like to hear more, because everything I know about him (as a DC) is extremely positive.

Jeff Dillman > Ben Herbert

:D

Yes, do tell! I am curious to know why you insinuate C.Ash is not a good D. coach.

That may be, but I'm just happy that

Ben Herbert > Veltkamp

Yeah Arkansas fans were bitching just to bitch.

Rumor is that we've hired Randy Shannon as our LB coach. Damn.

This staff is awesome

Seriously. Maybe I'm just drinking the kool aid, but I'm feeling extremely optimistic about the future of our program.

Last offseason, we were looking at Shannon as a DC. Now we got him as a LB coach? Unbelievable. Petrino must have been a real asshole.